Steve Cram
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At World Championship 1987
Steve Cram (born October 14 1960) is a British athlete during the country's domination of middle distance running in the 1980s.
He competed as a teenager at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games in the 1500 m, in which fellow British athletes Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett vied for the gold medal. Cram finished far down the field but healthier for the experience.
Cram was European and Commonwealth Games champion at 1500 m in 1982 and World Champion in 1983. He was world mile record holder between 1985 and 1993, often involved in titanic races with Said Aouita.
An Olympic Games gold medal eluded him, although he did win silver in the 1500 m behind defending champion Coe in the 1984 Los Angeles games when not completely fit.
Cram now works as a television presenter and athletics commentator predominantly for the BBC. He was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1983.